What does it mean to be a language teacher? What does it mean to be a language teacher? There is a rich strand of research on this and in The Language Learning Journal, we have recently published a number of related articles. Particularly useful as an overview is a...
Jane Birtwistle is a qualified MFL secondary practitioner with over 25 years of experience teaching languages from EYFS to KS5 across various state sector schools. She currently serves as the Primary Languages Lead across five primary schools in Greater Manchester,...
Focus on …Teacher Workload Teaching languages is a deeply rewarding yet demanding profession. The strategies below, shared by fellow Languages teachers, are intended to show you that you are not alone, to identify priorities and to help you sustain your energy and...
Cinderella – in Arabic! Sara Mallo, and Manal Mahjoub are educators, born in Spain and Lebanon respectively, who have been fortunate enough to work with students and teachers in a variety of settings across the UK and abroad. They say: Our creativity comes to life...
Teaching and learning Time for culture and interaction Lucy Dreznin “Mysterious thing, time. Powerful, and when meddled with, dangerous.” The astute observation from Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, leads me to think about...
Focus on … transition Is the thread unravelling? Witold Wozniak Government expectations expressed in the Programme of Study are that teaching should focus on enabling pupils to make substantial progress in one language. This is not a very clear objective, especially...
